On the Move Numberjacks

# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room

# There are extraordinary heroes who are standing by to zoom...

# To wherever they are needed They are speeding out today

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# They will help you with your problems

# They are waiting for your call

# No problem is too big for them

# No problem is too small

# Things may all be going wrong but you can bet it's not for long

# The Numberjacks are on their way

# The Numberjacks are on their way. #

Ready, Buddy Block?

-You won't get it in the circle.

-I will.

Oh, yes! Oh, yes!

YES!

I've got one, two, three blocks in the circle.

We can beat you, can't we, Buddy Blocks?

Your Blocks get too excited.

They're excited cos they're gonna win.

Here we go...

Wow...wow... Yes! YES!

I've got one, two, three.

-That's more than yours.

-You know I've got three as well.

-I counted them.

-But they've been moved.

They might be a different number now.

No, they won't.

One, two, three.

Hmmm.

Things don't change number just cos they've moved around.

-See? Yours have moved.

-There might be more now.

There won't be.

One, two, three.

Huh.

Well, they definitely look more.

That's a long line.

I know what you mean, Three. But, in fact,

it doesn't matter if things move, or if they're in a long line.

It's still the same number. It's just the counting that counts.

Well, let's count them then.

-Yes. It'll be the same number.

-Let's see.

Yes. In the circle there's...

one, two, three for me and...

..oh, none for you.

What?

SIREN BLARES

Like you said, Four, it's the counting that counts.

HE GROWLS

-We've got an agent calling in.

-Which one?

Agent 81, here. Things are going wrong.

But not for long!

I need help. Everyone is busy counting.

-That's OK.

-We like counting.

But they're counting all the time. They can't get on with anything else.

Hold on. I'm putting it on screen.

The teddies moved!

Yes and now she thinks she has to count them all over again.

She's going to be there all day.

Exactly.

No point in counting when you don't need to.

-Five, get out there and sort things out.

-I'm on my way.

Get ready for launching.

# We've got a problem, what shall we do?

# Who's going out there, who do we choose?

# Need to get out there, who will it be?

-# Who's going out there? #

-Number Five!

SIREN BLARES

Stand by for launching.

Checking the room's empty.

All clear.

Good luck, Five!

Five, four, three, two, one, zero!

Looking for a five, looking for a five.

And found one!

OK. Let's see if anyone else is counting when they don't need to.

We have an agent calling in.

-Agent 44, here.

-And a very good number, if I may say so.

What's the problem, Agent 44?

It's the waitress. She's spending so much time counting,

the customers are getting fed up waiting.

They'll never get their food at this rate.

Agent 63, here.

The man in the office keeps on counting his papers.

He'll get fed up counting all the time.

And look what's happening at the school...

I could help her count those children.

One, two, three, four, five.

Oh, no. She's starting to count again.

A teacher ought to know you don't need to count again

just because things moved around. This is getting serious.

The children are never going to get outside to play.

OK, agents. Let's sort these problems out.

There are two problems. Things are moving when they shouldn't be...

And people are counting when they don't need to.

Let's solve the problems one by one.

Five, why are the children and things moving?

Help me look closely.

Putting close-ups on screen.

Look! Blobs of slime!

-That's why they're moving.

-Yes! And I can see where the blobs came from.

The Problem Blob!

On screen, now.

# If you spot a blob of slime

# Guess what big slob can rhyme

-#

-Uh-oh

-Great, big and blubbery

-Blubbery

# Making trouble, he's the blubbery, slobbery Problem Blob. #

The blobs of slime are making everything move.

Right. We're sending Brain Gain

to protect things from the Blob so they stop moving.

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain, to solve a problem use our brains

# We're waiting, get your brains all linking up together -

# Joined up thinking. # Getting brain power now. Brain Gain!

I can do it! Brain Gain to protect the moving things from blobs.

Sending Brain Gain.

Protect the children from blobs.

Protect the papers from blobs.

Protect the plates from blobs.

Let's hope that's worked.

Yes! The plates aren't moving any more.

She doesn't have to count them!

Oh, no! There's the Problem Blob!

Don't worry. We've protected the plates from getting blobs.

Oh, no! The plates moved because she slipped!

And she's stopped to count them again!

Let's hope the man in the office is OK.

We've protected the papers from blobs, so they shouldn't move.

The fan's blowing the papers around.

And the man thinks he's got to count them again.

We've protected the children from blobs on them.

I hope there isn't another way they're gong to start moving.

MUSIC PLAYS

Oh, no! The teacher thinks she's got to count them all again -

just because they've moved.

If people keep thinking like that, anything could happen!

People would stop and count their legs every time they walked.

Or count their fingers every time they moved.

Or a shepherd would think he had to count his sheep again

every time any of them moved.

And that's what counting sheep does to you!

It could be disastrous!

We've tried to stop things from moving. What else can we do?

The real problem isn't the things moving,

it's people counting them all the time.

It's like you said, Four.

Things don't change number just because they move.

That's the message!

-Send Brain Gain telling everyone what Four says.

-Oh. Thank you.

Let's get the message out there.

Let's send Four's message to everyone.

Things don't change number just because they move.

She's counting them!

Thing's don't change number just because they move!

The children are moving,

but she knows she doesn't need to count them again.

At last! They're going out to play.

-Let's sort the man in the office now.

-More Brain Gain coming up!

He's counting his papers.

Things don't change number just because they move.

He's not counting them again. Great!

Counting the plates. Let's hope for the last time.

Ahhh!

THEY GASP

Don't worry, she's not going to count the plates again.

Things don't change number just because they move!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well, everyone's happy here at last.

-The Blob isn't.

No more fun for the Blob,

now that people know they don't have to count every time.

-He's gone!

-Come on back.

One, two, three, four, five!

-Well done, Five!

-You got Four's message out loud and clear.

And we've got it all on screen.

The girl kept counting her teddies every time they moved.

And so did the waitress with the plates.

-That man was getting very hungry.

-The man kept counting the papers.

And the teacher kept counting the children

who couldn't go out to play.

It was all the Problem Blob's fault for making things move.

But once people knew they didn't have to count things

-every time they moved...

-Words of wisdom from me, Number Four.

-..everyone relaxed and that was the end of the Blob's fun.

-ALL: Hooray!

Sorry about cheating a little bit last time, Four.

That's all right, Three.

Right, I shall count you only once.

One, two, three.

Now, move!

-They certainly moved, Three.

-Yes. And I know there are three of them,

I don't need to count.

I could count them for you. Just to make sure.

-Oh, yes, please.

-One, two, three.

Yes. Still three.

The best number ever.

Get three things, count them,

then move them around as much as you like.

You'll see, it's still three.

Three. THREE!

You could try it with four things, too.

You could...

But it won't be as much fun as three things.

Check it out and call the Numberjacks!

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